2007 World Championships Results
Posted by publicist on 21 Nov 2007 at 08:36 pm | Tagged as: Competitions, Results, World Archery
Braden Gellenthien, Erika Anschutz
photos by Mel Nichols
Two world records, One World Team Championship, 1 Silver, and 1 Bronze medal – and two college archers……
The 2007 World Championships were held in Leipzig, Germany in July. Team USA included college athletes Braden Gellenthien (James Madison University) and Erika Anschutz (University of Nebraska). Both archers shoot the compound bow and have been National and Jr. World Champions in previous years.
The World Championships once again brought out the best in college archers with Braden placing 6th in the Men’s qualifying round and Erika finishing 1st. Erika shot a 1408 in the qualifying round, three points shy of a world record. The women’s compound team of Jamie VanAtta, Kendal Nicely, and Erika set a new world record of 4157 points, breaking the previous record, also held by USA in the qualifications round.
In the ever variable elimination round, Erika went out in the 1/8ths finishing 10th, while Braden moved on to the Gold medal match against Dietmar Trillus of Canada. The match was close through each end resulting in a final one arrow shootoff. Trillus shot a 10, while Braden shot a 9 and took the Silver medal home.
Team round once again found the college archers leading the team efforts. In the men’s compound competition, the final arrow came down to Braden’s ability to shoot under pressure. Needing a 9 to tie or a 10 to win the match, Braden came through with a solid 10, with the men’s team of Roger Willett, Reo Wilde, and Braden becoming World Champions.
In the quarter finals, Team USA, scoring 232 points clinched the elimination round World Record which was previously held by Russia’s 230 points set in 2006.
In the women’s compound team match, the women lost to Italy (222 to 220) in the semifinals, setting the women up for the Bronze medal match against France. Team USA archers Jamie, Kendal, and Erika solidly won the Bronze medal with a score of 225 to France’s 221.
Congratulations to our College Student Athletes! Braden and Erika, you represent us well!
Erika, Jamie, and Kendal
photo by Mel Nichols
